began on Ist July. Coney was attacked? first at about 9 o'clock in the morning and. it was 4 o'clock in the afternoon before the-place surrendered. About noon the fight at San Juan hill began and the trenches. and blockhouses were taken by nightfall,.
jough the enemy still held some strong: positions in the vicinity. Intermittent firing continued the next day without any considerable loss. On the following day~ the demand for the surrender of the city:
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